Ribbon Tree Card

This little tree was made simply by looping ribbon and taping it down with double-sided tape. I used Scor-Tape. It is a bit easier to use than Tacky Tape because you can tear off the amount that you want with your hands instead of needing scissors. (Hahaha…please excuse my lack of dexterity in the video ;) I felt like such a klutz. How come that stuff doesn’t happen when you’re not doing it for anything special?)

I also used the Southwest Corner Punch, a snowflake brads and a stamp. I embossed both the stamped image & snowflake with Ranger’s Gold Embossing Powder.

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Colorful Tree Card

Whew, it’s almost too late for a fall card, but I’ll sneak this one in anyway because it was fun :) We’ve already had snow here and the temperature was -10 last night! So maybe if you have the same weather as we have, this card will warm you up!

I used Inkadinkado’s Utopiary Stamps, some crayons, leaf brads and Ranger Distress Inks to make this card.

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Pierced Star Card

Here’s a fast and easy card you can make for all sorts of occasions! I like it because it works not only for Christmas, but also for a man’s birthday card. For me, it’s very difficult to come up with men’s cards. I always like things fluffy & flowery :) For some reason, guy’s don’t appreciate that so much :)

I used the Hot Off the Press Paper Piercing Template and also 3-D star brads, and added a simple greeting at the bottom. That’s it!

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Vintage Thankful Card

Well, this card might not be totally vintage with the fresh colors of the paper, but the lace, flowers and jewels remind me of vintag-y things :)

This card was so fast to make, it was crazy! Hope you get a chance to look during this busy Thanksgiving season :) .

I used Ranger Distress Ink to color the lace in just a few seconds, that’s all the older I had time to make it look lol

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Cricut Window Card with Tim Holtz Stamp

This is a card I made using the Cricut Ornamental Iron Cartridge. If you don’t have a Cricut, try making a window shape out of paper or even flowers. That would be gorgeous!

I used a stamp from Tim Holtz’ Urban Chic collection and embellished the window with flowers and Ranger Stickles.

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Ornamental Iron Cricut Card

This is a card I made using Cricut’s Ornamental Iron 2 cartridge. You could use any type of circular die cut and still get the same feel. Think of maybe a scalloped circle or something similar. If you want holes for your ribbon, simply cut a wide slit on each side of the circle.

The bird is from Inkadinkado’s Mindscapes stamp collection. I also used my favorite embossing powder, Red Dragon. The bright sparkles just make me happy :)

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Fall Colors Card

This is a fast and easy card that you can adapt to any fall holiday! Try adding a leaf, a turkey or whatever you want to the middle and it will work for Thanksgiving, Thanks, Birthday or about anything :)

I used a Cuttlebug Fleur-de-Lis embossing folder for the front, but you can use whatever you have, perhaps Tim Holtz Texture Fades. I matted the embossed paper on copper cardstock and added a copper ribbon. Seriously, maybe 5 minutes for this whole card start to finish!

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Calendar Page Card

Almost every year, I get myself a page-a-day calendar for my desk. That way I can use the backs for scratch paper. If there’s a great picture though, I use them for cards! The calendar I used for the card is Thomas Kincade, so I didn’t throw any of the pictures away.

All I do is trim around the date if it’s written across the picture and then trim the rest of the picture evenly. That gets matted onto cardstock for my card. From there I do a little embellishing  with flowers, ribbons and stickles glitter glue to finish it off.

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Make an awesome Halloween or Fall Background!

The background for this tag was made with Ranger Reinkers. I couldn’t help but put a few squirts of my home-made glimmer mist on it too :) Then I finished it off with Tim Holtz’ Urban Chic stamps and Tim Holtz’ Urban Tapestry stamps, some flowers, bling and a small piece of felt die cut ribbon. It was fun & I love the results!

You could easily use this background for cards, scrapbook tags, or even whole scrapbook pages! The tag started off as white. You’d never know it now!

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Perfect Pearls Paint Technique

Here we go again :) Another thing that you can do with Perfect Pearls. These must be one of the most versatile products out there! This week, I will show you how to use Perfect Pearls as a paint. It couldn’t be easier, and I love how it looks!

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